Ona Marie Judge was enslaved by George and Martha Washington at their home in Philadelphia when she plotted her escape to Portsmouth and spent the rest of her life as a welcome fugitive in Greenland.
Roadside America is an unplanned ride for Maggie and young Sam, two neighbors whose small worlds collide on the Fourth of July. Maggie has worries and a wandering husband, but 9-year old Sam has secrets of her own.
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Weekends May 16 – June 1
Portsmouth, NH
Now you see it, now you don’t. Art that is. This unique program from Art-Speak will introduce six new outdoor sculptures to Portsmouth beginning in May. But don’t wait too long. Summer will be over before you know it and with it, these ingenious creative sites. Read more.
How tall is the tallest lighthouse in America? What is the oldest surviving lighthouse in New England? How many steps to the top of Whaleback? We don’t have a clue, but the winner gets a night in a Cape Cod light and the proceeds support ALF.
And now for something completely different. The newest Seacoast theatre company has a new web site and its first major stage production. THE PAVILION will premiere in a never-seen facility in Brave Boat Harbor.
Historic New England presents a five-week series -- At Home in the Georgian Period -- at the Governor John Langdon House on Wednesday starting in May. Federalists need not apply.
Even before it opened to the public, Strawbery Banke Museum was digging into its past. In fact, in the early 1960s, the most dedicated digger on campus was a teenager from Portsmouth High who went on to become an influential archaeologist. Your kids can do the same!
More than a dozen events and exhibits are on tap FOR FREE at the UNH Art Gallery this spring. The entire list is here, or check our daily Seacoast Events calendar. Scroll down for displays, films, lectures and more.
Don’t let your family history slip away. Preserve those precious memories and keep the stories of our community alive. The public is invited to learn how to capture and preserve history as we remember it
Sea Dogs: Celebrating 15 Years May 13, 2008 PORTLAND -- Charlie Eshbach, President/General Manager, Portland Sea Dogs, will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Sea Dogs with the publication of a new history of the team, “The Portland Sea Dogs: Images of Baseball.” FREE
LIVESTRONG Day May 13, 2008 EXETER -- Wear yellow. Honor and support people affected by cancer in our community. Enjoy a new exhibition of art by cancer survivors. Learn about the Lance Armstrong Foundation's programs to unite people to fight cancer, and meet a member of the LAF s...
Be a Herbal Apprentice Course May 14, 2008 CANTERBURY -- Fee: $175, members $160
Drive away the winter blues by delving into herbology. This course provides hands on experiences, making tinctures, soaps and herbal salts, for example, to connect you with the early spring. We will also concentrat...
American Independence Museum's Opening Day May 14, 2008 The American Independence Museum opens for the season in Historic Exeter, New Hampshire. Museum hours are 10am to 4pm, with the last tours at 3:30pm.
Veggie Teens and Raw Food May 14, 2008 EXETER -- Raise Your Vibe Wednesdays at Blue Moon. Blue Moon Natural Foods, 8 Clifford Street, Exeter, sees this spring as an opportunity to explore what each of us can do to make healthful choices for people and the planet. Some of these solutions com...
Writer Louise Erdrich May 14, 2008 PORTSMOUTH -- One of the most gifted, prolific and challenging of contemporary Native American novelists, Award-winning novelist Louise Erdrich will be a part of our Writers on a New England Stage series on May 14. Her new original novel The Plague of D...
Lighthouse Buffet Dinner May 16, 2008 The main event this evening will be the American Lighthouse Foundation's first “Lighthouse Trivia Challenge.” This will be a Jeopardy-style competition, complete with buzzers and sound effects. The winners of the early games will compete in a final roun...
Meteors, Meteorites and Comets May 16, 2008 CONCORD -- Planetarium Educator Bob Veilleux will explain why you can collect meteorites - but not meteors or comets. Learn about these fascinating solar system interlopers, where they come from, how you can see them, and how they are related. See and...
Mother Courage May 16 - 17, 2008 Our mainstage season wraps up in May with the Senior Youth Repertory Company production of Bertolt Brecht’s epic masterpiece Mother Courage and Her Children. Through Brecht’s stark vision, the play relentlessly questions the distinctions between war, bu...
Books & Blooms Sale May 17, 2008 BRENTWOOD -- Our Annual Books & Blooms Sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 17th from 9 - 11:30 am! Come to the Mary Bartlett Library, 22 Dalton Road in Brentwood, to purchase lots of books for little money - and purchase great plants at great prices. Pl...
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Roadside America is an unplanned ride for Maggie and young Sam, two neighbors whose small worlds collide on the Fourth of July. Maggie has worries and a wandering husband, but 9-year old Sam has secrets of her own.
And now for something completely different. The newest Seacoast theatre company has a new web site and its first major stage production. THE PAVILION will premiere in a never-seen facility in Brave Boat Harbor.
Historic New England presents a five-week series -- At Home in the Georgian Period -- at the Governor John Langdon House on Wednesday starting in May. Federalists need not apply.
Even before it opened to the public, Strawbery Banke Museum was digging into its past. In fact, in the early 1960s, the most dedicated digger on campus was a teenager from Portsmouth High who went on to become an influential archaeologist. Your kids can do the same!
More than a dozen events and exhibits are on tap FOR FREE at the UNH Art Gallery this spring. The entire list is here, or check our daily Seacoast Events calendar. Scroll down for displays, films, lectures and more.
Don’t let your family history slip away. Preserve those precious memories and keep the stories of our community alive. The public is invited to learn how to capture and preserve history as we remember it
